I have a Hoyt Carbon Spyder Turbo 70# incoming. Can't wait for it to arrive!

Always been a Mathews single cam shooter but these new two cam bows are awesome. It was a coin flip between the Hoyt and the new ChillR. Decided to try a different brand for a change.

So anyone else have a new bow?

My four year old Drenalin LD still gets the job done, so I likely won't upgrade.
However, I am contemplating a cape buffalo hunt and if I do that, I am thinking of a hoyt Spyder at 80#.

I well be buying a cross bow for hunting this year age is starting to take its toll.

I dropped the hammer and picked up a 10 point stealth SS crossbow this morning with the acu draw.

My wife is disabled and I'm hoping this will allow her to get back out hunting. I'm sure Ill use the heck out of it also.

I'm pretty sure I will be picking up a new Mathews Creed this year. My current Mathews SQ2 is 12 or 13 years old so I think its time to upgrade!

Peter

Well crap, I just got back from the Mathews shop and I don't know what to do! I can't decide between the Creed and the ChillR. The ChillR is one sweet fast bow,and so was the Creed. What to do, what to do?!?!

Peter

I used my bought in 1997 High country machined supreme again this year.

I bagged two mule does with it after shooting at 4 or 5 of them. I was about to decide to just give up bow hunting until I shot my first Montana bull elk this year.

I am looking at getting a new bow instead.

I hear elite archery has some easy shooting bows. Time to do some research.

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Originally posted by WI Hunter:
Well crap, I just got back from the Mathews shop and I don't know what to do! I can't decide between the Creed and the ChillR. The ChillR is one sweet fast bow,and so was the Creed. What to do, what to do?!?!

Peter

Personally for me I would go with the chillr. The creedxs is cool but feel the new chill is better all around. Would try the new Hoyts too.

Also PSE came out with a 370+ IBO this year called the Full Throttle. Supposed to be very smooth for a speed bow and rips them out there with heavy arrows.

I am going to try it out for sure

I picked up a Excalibur Matrix 355 crossbow. I'm quite able (for now) to use recurves and compounds but decided to add another toy tool to the box.

Got it: Creed XS.....29 Inch Draw, CBE Sniper 5-pin, Trophy taker drop away, Axion 4" Stabilizer all set up and drawing 66lbs.

Still tinkering and building arrows, looking at Gold tip pro hunters or Carbon Express...

Got myself a Hoyt Charger. This is my first bow so we will see how this bow hunting thing works out for me!!

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Originally posted by AKsheephunter:
Got it: Creed XS.....29 Inch Draw, CBE Sniper 5-pin, Trophy taker drop away, Axion 4" Stabilizer all set up and drawing 66lbs.

Still tinkering and building arrows, looking at Gold tip pro hunters or Carbon Express...

Nice! Congrats. I am looking at the same rest.

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Originally posted by jflem:
Got myself a Hoyt Charger. This is my first bow so we will see how this bow hunting thing works out for me!!

Have heard great things about the Charger. Don't think you can beat it for the price.

Hope you like it. I love archery.

AK when your'e looking at arrows, i shot easton a/c/c for years, but decided to try out gold tip velocity pros this year. i can still get a stiff arrow thats lightweight, and add a ton of weight up front for a high FOC. so far i really like the results. i have a 500grain arrow, with 100gr brass inserts, and 100gr heads, giving me about 17% FOC for really good penetration.

my old a/c/c were within 10 grains of the same weight but with only a 9% FOC. the only difference i've noticed is out to 80 yards or so, the gold tips seem to drop a tad more. i guess as they slow the more weight up front makes them dip down faster. but they are hard as hell to pull out of the targets as they really penetrate.

i'm going hog hunting for a big russian boar in a couple months and will go up to 180gr 2 blade broadheads, hopefully the 580gr combo will shoot well from my 70lb destroyer 340.

I wasn't ever a particularly good archer. I preferred those smoke poles.

But a couple of months ago we got my daughter a Hoyt Ruckus bow and we set up some big Morrell target bags and stands and now a couple of 3D targets here at home.

My wife even liked it so we went back when Hoyt brought out their new bows and ordered a new Hoyt Vixcen bow for her right before Thanksgiving . It hasn't come in yet though.

She is even talking about she might take hers with us to Africa. That was a surprise to me !

So I am going to have a look at the new Hoyt Charger too . I like the Hoyts so far . And it is pretty fun too . But I am still a smoke pole shooter.

I have a PSE Full Throttle on the way. Been shooting the DNA this year. Great bow. Had a Omen pro for the two years before that. It shot my hunting arrow 352fps. I'm hoping to get a little closer to the 360 mark with the new FUll Throttle.
To put that into perspective it is honestly on with 1 pin out 40 yards. If y'all haven't tried the new PSE's your really missing out.
The DNA in action. Speed kills;-)
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=473304456115368

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Originally posted by bluetick:
I have a PSE Full Throttle on the way. Been shooting the DNA this year. Great bow. Had a Omen pro for the two years before that. It shot my hunting arrow 352fps. I'm hoping to get a little closer to the 360 mark with the new FUll Throttle.
To put that into perspective it is honestly on with 1 pin out 40 yards. If y'all haven't tried the new PSE's your really missing out.
The DNA in action. Speed kills;-)
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=473304456115368

What was your hunting arrow weight on the DNA?

I am considering a full throttle as a backup bow

Well, I just picked up my new ChillR with 28 in draw, Truglo Rival XS Lost Camo 5 pin, QAD Ultra Rest HDX, and a 6 in Axion stabilizer, and Easton Full Metal Jacket arrows. I just might have to try and get out in the stand this weekend!

Peter

I am shooting a NEW BREED GENETIX this year as my daughter wanted my drenaline. These New Breeds are a lot like the Elites without all the cam lean.

I have a NB Lycan coming...to add to my Eclipse and Horizon. They are awesome bows and shoot lights out....better than I can. A not so well kept secret out there. I see more and more at the ASA competitions every shoot.

Gary

Picked up a Mission Ballistic

After a hand injury several years ago, I've been shooting a crossbow. But I miss the challenge of a compound, so I started shopping. Lots has changed...not sure what I'll wind up with...Chill R, PSE X series, Hoyt Carbon...?

I'm sticking to my Mathews Switchback. It does everything I can ask of it and is deadly accurate.

Rick, and how's that 61 Fairlane running? :-)

went down and test drove both the Chill R and X Thursday. I just passed my old Monster 7 to a nephew.

What I need, is something else besides a couple rifle builds to spend my spare $$$ on...

My Mathews is only 3 years old, so not me.

But am contemplating a 1st crossbow...

Got a Bowtech RPM 360 coming this week. Unbelievable draw for a speed bow.

Jon,
It's not a '61, it's a 63!
My setup is all I need. 304 chrono'd fps and accurate. Haven't been able to keep an arrow in anything I've shot, why change sucess?

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My setup is all I need. 304 chrono'd fps and accurate. Haven't been able to keep an arrow in anything I've shot, why change success?

Yup, that's all you need :-)

Elite energy 35 for me, very forgiving, accurate, and fast enough for me.

I drew a cow elk archery tag here in Kentucky this year. I bought a Bob Lee takedown recurve, 70lbs @ 28" to hunt with. I pull 29", so I'm drawing a bit more weight. It's smooth and fast enough for a recurve.

Set up the Bowtech RPM 360 today and started shooting tonight to begin pre-season practice. At 70 lbs, I'm shooting 361gr Gold Tips balanced at 10% front of center with 100gr heads. I didn't chrono it, but time-to-target seems close to my crossbow, which I used while my broken hand healed up. After a dozen rounds, I was putting 6 arrows inside 2" at 35 yards. Fast, accurate, quiet, and dead-in-hand...these new generation compounds are awesome weapons.